Saint maurice

St. Mauritius (also Saint Maurice, Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius) was a European Moor, who was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century AD. He has been the Patron Saint of many European countries for centuries now. This depiction (which is stylized far from other traditional depictions) was completed by Austrian master painter Marx Reichlich (1460–1520),

The Black Saint Maurice: Knight of the Holy Lance

Unidentified depiction of a noble knight of the Holy Roman Empire.

German statue of St. Maurice patron saint of the holy roman empire.

Statue of Saint Maurice. Germany, 1613. Münster (Münster Cathedral). Hickey & Robertson, Houston (The Menil Foundation). [a note: Many Moors outfitted in Knighted armour are wrongly labelled as St. Maurice, when in-fact they represent the hundreds of other Moorish Knights who lived and fought in Europe in the middle ages.]

1525-27 - Illustration from the Hallesche Heiltumsbuch - German, drinking horn decorated with a statuette of St. Maurice DETAIL:

Moor of Europa<----

Folio 227v of the manuscript (watercolour on vellum) depicts the reliquary of St Maurice.The life-size silver reliquary statue was the most important that Albrecht owned. Its designer remains unknown. This work was the prototype of later paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop. The manuscript was illuminated probably by a pupil of Cranach, perhaps by Simon Franck (active 1525-49,known also as Simon von Aschaffenburg,or Pseudo Geünewald).

History confirms that the Moors ruled in Europe -- primarily Spain and Portugal -- for almost 700 years. They were known for their influe...

Medieval Art on Instagram: "Saint Maurice is one of the people of color to appear in medieval European art. Legend has it that Saint Maurice was a Roman soldier who commanded the Theban Legion of Christian troops. He was martyred for refusing to persecute local Christians. Maruice was venerated by several early medieval German princes and rulers – including the Emperor Otto I (912-973) and Emperor Frederick II (1194-1250). Chronicles describe Black Africans in Frederick’s retinue around the…

Saint Maurice is venerated as a Black Christian Martyr. The Legend Of Saint Maurice: Early Black Christian Martyr Before acquiring his status as an early Black Christian Martyr, Saint Maurice commanded the Thebian Roman Legion based in Roman Egypt The story of the legend of Saint Maurice the early

Saint Maurice Of Germany.

When Old Greenwich resident Maryan Ainsworth, curator of European painting at the...